French-dressing bottle.



1. DE M. HAWKES.

FRENQH DRESSING BOTTLE. APPLICATION FILD-DEC.I4. 1914.

L1 88,1 72, I Patented June 20, 1916.

19i 14 coo 0o To all whom-it may Camera:

UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'rownsnnn DE M. HAwKEs, or connme, NEW YORK, AssIGNoR T0 '15; G. HAWKES &

00., or connmc, NEW YORK, A CORBORATION or NEW YoRK.

FRENCH-DRESSING BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented June 20, 1916.

Application filed December 14, 1914. Serial No. 877,200.

'Be it known that I, TOWNSEND on M. HAWKES, a citizen of the United States,'residing at 'C0rning,-in the county of Steuben and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful. French-Dressing Bottle, of which the following is a specification. This-invention relates to a'bottlefor measuring, confining and emulsifying the oily and aqueous ingredients of the well-known condiment, French'dressing. It has. long been customaryto mix oil and vinegar 1n preparing French dressing, by beating these ingredients together with desired seasoning in an open receptacle in proportions more or less, accurately determined through means of a spoon or other conveniently available measure, but this. method-ofproducing the dressing does not thoroughly mix the ingre- I dients, except at considerable inconvenience; 1t is inaccurate; and 1t leaves the dressing exposed and without facility for economically dispensing it. y

The object of the present invention is to provide a combined proportioning, emulsifying, storing and dispensing receptacle for French dressing, and. it consists in a bottle preferably elongated and adapted to stand erect, constructed for convenient introduction vof the dressing ingredients, having thereon measuring markers located to indicate, when the bottle stands erect, the surface level of'the appropriate quantity of one constituent and also the surface level of the aggregate quantity of both constituents;

having a free space above the aggregate quantity marker which, added to the'measuring spaces, provides a relatively long and narrow agitating chamber; said bottle also having beyond said free space, a discharge opening, a closure therefor, and a reduced I I and shouldered handhold around the discharge opening; the bottom being shaped to provide a broad impact and spreading surface against which the contents impinges when being shaken; the shoulders of the re-- .duced handhold at the neck forming inclined surfaces which deflect thefluid'inward as it impinges thereagainst, thus increasing the sub-dividing and mixing efiect; and the closure being preferably rovided with a finger bearing for conveniently receiving the finger, to resist displacement of the stopper when the bottle is retained bythe handhold and shaken to agitate the contents.

4 of the ;on the line 2*- X ofFig. 1 or Fig. 3.

1 represents the body of the bottle, which is greater in height than in width, although not l1m1ted' to any particular design or shape. This bottle is adapted to contain the shown ingredients to be mixed, and in order that I it may also serve as an accurate measureof these ingredients, it is provided with a lower marker; 2, preferably in the form of a score or cut in the surface, located so that when the bottle stands upright, it will indicate the surface level of the appropriate quantity of one of the ingredients to' be mixed; and with an upper marker 3, located to indicate the surface level of'the aggregate quantity of both ingredients; these markers dividing off the interior of the bottle into two measuring spaces Xand Y, as indicated by the dimension lines'at the right of Fig. 2. The bottle is further provided with a broad bottom 1 against which the fluid in gredients may impinge in the shaking opera tion with rapid spreadingiefi'ect and consequent increased efficiency in mixing; alsoa neck, which may be ofany suitable form, so long as it is adapted to provide a reduced handhold for manipulating the bottle in the process of mixing and fprovides within the bottle, the inwardly de ecting inclined surfaces 1 to cause the outer portions of the upwardly moving column of liquid, to flow inwardly and occupy an inner position in returning, thus further-increasing the mixingeffect; also anenlar'ged dispensing end 5,a stopper 6' and the finger rest 7 on the stopper. The stopper6 seats in such position, and the length of the bottle is so proportioned, as to provide an additional or free space .Zbeyond the'measuring spaces, which, added to the measuring spaces, provides an agitating chamber in which the ingredients may travel from end to end and develop athorough emulsionizin'g of the ingredients. By havingthe free space 'Z of restricted proportions, in comparison with the measuring spaces X and' Y, more thorough emulsionlzingis attalned and a much limited to the use of all these features in combination, asmany of the advantages may v smoother dressing produced than if the ingredients were less confined,'and this result. isalso contributed to by having-the general proportions of the bottle as shown,- namely -with confinement laterally in; a more or' less restricted column and agitation longitudi: nally, which resu ts in causing the ingredi-,-

ent with the heavier specific gravity to drive through. and more thoroughly subdivide the lighter, and by having theinwardly deflecting surface l at one end ofthe agitating space and the outwardly-spreading surface.

l at the other 'end thereof. I

WhileI have described all of the features which I prefer to embody in the device, it

is to be understood that'theinvention is not be realized in a useful measure at least,e ven when some of the features are omitted, or substituted by others. f Iclaim:

A bottle for: measuring, confining andemulsifying the oily andaqueous ingredients ofFrench dressing, comprising an elongated body portion having vertical walls adapted to confinethe dressing ingredients and having thereon measuring aggregates located to indicate when the bottle stands erect, the surface level-of the appropriate quantity of one, constituent, and also the surface level of the aggregatequantity of both constituents,.

and having a free space above said aggregate quantity marker which, added to'the elongated body portion, provides a relatively long and narrow agitating chamber, said bottle having a broad bottom constructed to spread outwardly, a discharge. opening, a

stopper therefor, and a shouldered handhold 4 p The foregoing specification signed at Corning, New York,this twelfth day of. December,1914. v a TOWNSEND D1; M. HAwKEs- In presence of' SAMUEL HAwKns, l

CHARLES H; Vooniinns. 

